Artist: Ogilby John ( - 1676) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1650 1600 - - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 28 x 44,5; - description: Map shows the city of Tanger with harbour as bird seye view and beautful ship representation and heraldic cartouche, inset map shows the area of Tanger; -vita of the artist: John Ogilby was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. Best known for publishing the first British road atlas, he was also a successful translator, noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions.

Artist: Ogilby John ( - 1676) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1673 1600 - - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Tear on lower part perfectly restored; - size (in cm): 18,5 x 28,5; - description: Decorative view of the city Nanking with off shore ships in the foreground. Nanjing is a city situated in the heartland of the lower Yangtze River region in China, which has long been a major centre of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism. Under the Qing dynasty (1644?1911), the Nanjing area was known as Jiangning and served as the seat of government for the Viceroy of Liangjiang. Nanjing was invaded by British troops during the close of the First Opium War, which was ended by the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842. As the capital of the brief-lived rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (founded by the Taiping rebels in the mid-19th century, Nanjing was known as Tianjing, ;Capital of Heaven; ; -vita of the artist: John Ogilby was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. Best known for publishing the first British road atlas, he was also a successful translator, noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions.

Written in Arabicke and Italian by Iohn Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought up in Barbarie. Wherein he hath at large described, not onely the qualities, situations, and true distances of the regions, cities, townes, mountaines, rivers, and other places throughout all the north and principall partes of Africa; but also the descents and families of their kings, the causes and events of their warres, with their manners, customes, religions, and civile government, and many other memorable matters: gathered partly out of his own diligent observations, and partly out of the ancient records and Chronicles of the Arabians and Mores. Before which, out of the best ancient and moderne writers, is prefixed a generall description of Africa, and also a particular treatise of all the maine lands and Iles undescribed by Iohn Leo. ... Translated and collected by Iohn Pory, lately of Gonevill and Caius College in Cambridge.
First Edition in English. Folding engraved map. Large 8vo. Nineteenth century calf, rebacked. [8], 420pp. London, [Eliot's Court Press] Imp. Georg. Bishop,

Amsterdam c1600 - Size: 46.5 x 35.9 cm. Overall in excellent condition but with two small stains bottom margin not affecting image Copper engraving. Later colouring. A delightful, early map of this influential part of Europe with a decorative and mannerest style cartouche.

Artist: Ogilby John ( - 1676 ) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1671, 1600. - technic: Copper print; colorit: colored; - condition: Perfect condition; - size (in cm): 29 x 35,5; - description : View of the city Potosi in Bolivia. In the background the mountain erro Rico (also: Cerro de Potosi). In the forground a windmill and natives. Cerro Rico is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of PotosÌ. Cerro Rico was famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire.; - vita of the artist: John Ogilby was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. Best known for publishing the first British road atlas, he was also a successful translator, noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions.

Artist: Sanson Guillaume ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Paris; date: ca 1640. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Perfect condition; - size (in cm): 18,5 x 24; - description : Map depicts total Persia (Iran) with its provinces and partly the Caspian sea in the north and the indian Ocean in the south.; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Artist: Sanson Nicolas ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Paris; date: ca 1650. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 18 x 29,5; - description : Map shows on two inset maps total Somalia with partly Ethiopia and the island of Socotra/ Map shows the coast of Tansania and the island of Sansibar; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Artist: Sanson Guillaume ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Paris; date: ca 1654. - technic: Copper print; colorit: colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 41 x 53; - description : Map shows the northern part of Portugal until Lissabon; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Artist: Sanson Guillaume ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Paris; date: ca 1650. - technic: Copper print; colorit: colored; - condition: Wormholes perfectly restored; - size (in cm): 19 x 27; - description : Map shows the islands Canarie with a seperate map showing Madeira; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Artist: Sanson Nicolas ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Paris; date: ca 1650. - technic: Copper print; colorit: gouache; - condition: Perfect condition; - size (in cm): 14,5 x 16,5; - description : Map shows total Spain with Portugal and the Balearic island of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza with a decorative title cartouche.; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Artist: Sanson/ Mortier Peter Nicolas ( - 1667 ) Paris; issued in: Amsterdam; date: ca 1690. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 48 x 58; - description : Map shows Guyenne and Gascogne with Bayonne, Bordeaux and Toulouse.; - vita of the artist: Nicolas Sanson (1600ñ1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography, in which he's been called the father of French cartography.Active from 1627, Sanson issued his first map of importance, the "Postes de France", which was published by Melchior Tavernier in 1632. After publishing several general atlases himself he became the associate of Pierre Mariette, a publisher of prints.In 1647 Sanson accused the Jesuit Philippe Labbe of plagiarizing him in his Pharus Galliae Antiquae; in 1648 he lost his eldest son Nicolas, killed during the Fronde. Among the friends of his later years was the great CondÈ. He died in Paris on 7 July 1667. Two younger sons, Adrien (d. 1708) and Guillaume (d. 1703), succeeded him as geographers to the king.In 1692 Hubert Jaillot collected Sanson's maps in an Atlas nouveau. See also the 18th century editions of some of Sanson's works on Delamarche under the titles of Atlas de gÈographie ancienne and Atlas britannique; and the Catalogue des cartes et livres de gÈographie de Sanson (1702).

Unknown circa 1600, England. Very good condition satirical woodcut number 5 in series mounted on card. With verse " Feeling of E'vry Sense the Best / is thus indeed the most distrest / No! man 'tis hell it self to feel instead of Girl the Surgeons Steel." over all dimension 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/4 inches. [QP]

Unknown circa 1600, England. Very good condition satirical woodcut number 4 in series mounted on card. With verse " This fellow much delights himself / To hear the Chinking of his Pelf / Which does from hand to hand rebound / To Misers tis a pleasing sound"" over all dimension 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/4 inches. [QP]

For N[icholas] L[ing]. C[uthbert] B[urby]. and T[homas] H[ayes],, London, 1600. Octavo: [12], 494 [i.e. 510] pp. Collation: A-Z8, Aa-Kk8 (lacking blank leaves A1, A2, and Kk8) One of the Most Celebrated and Most Important Contemporary Anthologies of Elizabethan Poetry. With 91 Extracts from Shakespeare including passages from Romeo & Juliet ?This volume is a compilation of quotations of various lengths, generally with sources noted but not always accurately, taken from the poetical works of some fifty Elizabethan writers. There are included 91 genuine extracts from Shakespeare?s works, mostly (63) derived from ?Venus and Adonis? and ?Lucrece? but all from plays or poems that had been printed before 1600.?(Pforzheimer)?Of the five Shakespeare plays from which extracts are incorporated in the volume (Love?s Labour?s lost, Henry IV, Part I, Richard II, Richard III, and Romeo & Juliet), Romeo & Juliet is the most heavily represented, signaling the play?s popularity, or perhaps utility, in the period.?(Roberts, Companion to Shakespeare?s Works, The Tragedies)The extracts are arranged alphabetically under subject-headings, and the author's name is appended in each case. Spenser is quoted 225 times, Shakespeare 91, Daniell 115, Drayton 163, Warner 117, Chapman 83, Ben Jonson 13, and Marlowe 33.John Payne Collier notes that, in addition to ?Venus and Adonis? and ?Lucrece?, Shakespeare?s ?Loves Labours Lost? is quoted twice, ?Henry IV part One? twice, ?Richard II? five times, ?Richard III? five times, and Romeo and Juliet 11 times.?[Allott?s ?Parnassus?] is a large poetical dictiona
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